What former Star Tribune reporter Myron Medcalf wants to do with his newest gig: Star Tribune local columnist | MinnPost

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What former Star Tribune reporter Myron Medcalf wants to do with his newest gig: Star Tribune local columnist | MinnPost

Medcalf will be the paper's first Black local news columnist, and has been given what Strib Editor Rene Sanchez calls “a blank canvas.”

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